Firstbeat Life and Wearables – What’s the Difference?
From HRV and sleep monitoring to recovery data, here’s how Firstbeat Life differs from wearables.
Smarter Endurance Training with Heart Rate Variability Guidance
The ability to predict how a particular individual will react to a training protocol in advance is a critical step in getting training prescriptions right.
Ville VesterinenGuest Author
Let’s Drink to That! Reflections and Findings on Alcohol and Recovery
Different cultures have different drinking habits. Let’s take a closer look at those of Finnish people. According to statistics, an average Finn older than 15 years consumed 11.2 litres of…
Jaakko KotisaariWellness Specialist, Firstbeat
Using Firstbeat in Monitoring an Extreme Running Race
During the last days of March 2014, Budapest became a place for an exciting sport event called the ’Running race in bomb-proof military equipment’.
Physical Activity Is Associated with Lower Objective Stress on Workdays
Objective stress and recovery levels were determined with Firstbeat Analysis Server program from HR recording data.
Becoming a Super-Organization With Better Resource Management
This research provides a tool for managers to recognize areas of stress, recovery, and work engagement where they might lack resources.
Finnish Workers Tend to Have the Poorest Recovery on…. Saturdays
Heart rate variability based assessments clearly indicate that Finnish employees’ stress levels are significantly higher during weekends than during workdays. An analysis of about 2.5 billion heartbeats shows that there…
Joni KettunenCEO and co-founder, Firstbeat